Obama's Gun Control Push Uses Student Murdered by the Drug Dealers He's Freeing
Obama frees drug dealers who were caught with guns
January 5, 2016
Daniel Greenfield
Obama's production of "If We Just Had Gun Control" is under way. There was a whole cast and even some fake tears from the big man with the big ears. To be followed, no doubt, by talk show appearances, golfing, a town hall meeting and maybe another reality TV spot.
Here was the highlight of Obama's "Tear Down the Constitution" speech.
And if you have any doubt as to why you should feel that fierce urgency of now, think about what happened three weeks ago. Zavion Dobson was a sophomore at Fulton High School in Knoxville, Tennessee. He played football, beloved by his classmates and his teachers. His own mayor called him one of their city's success stories.
The week before Christmas, he headed to a friend's house to play video games. He wasn't in the wrong place at the wrong time, he hadn't made a bad decision. He was exactly where any other kid would be -- your kid, my kids. And then gunmen started firing, and Zavion, who was in high school -- hadn't even gotten started in life -- dove on top of three girls to shield them from the bullets, and he was shot in the head and the girls were spared. He gave his life to save theirs. An act of heroism a lot bigger than anything we should ever expect from a 15-year-old. Greater love hath no man than this than a man lay down his life for his friends.
It's a great story. And some shameless exploitation of a great kid. But what does it have to do with gun control?
Zavion Dobson was accidentally shot as part of a local feud by rival drug dealers and their gangs. The victim and the perps were all black in an area with a serious drug gang violence problem. The shooters had rap sheets as long as their arms and could have been poster children for the kinds of criminals that #BlackLivesMatter loves to defend.
Brandon Perry, the main perp, was driving a BMW. He had already been arrested on a bunch of charges, including possession, and much more relevantly...
1. Altering distinguishing numbers on a weapon
2. Possession of a weapon on school property
If the justice system had done its job, he wouldn't have been driving around on the loose in a BMW with his pals looking for payback. He had a gun on school property. Coincidentally, back when Obama was half-assing it in Chicago, he voted against a bill to try school shooters as adults.
That's a "common sense solution" that folks like Obama just hate. Instead Obama frees drug dealers and then complains about gun violence.
Perry was killed by gunshot wounds. So he at least won't be able to shoot anyone again. The other attacker, Christopher D. Bassett, was "charged with being a Convicted Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Violation of Probation".
Neither Perry nor Bassett should have had guns.
This wasn't an issue of background checks failing. It's about the kinds of criminals who shouldn't have guns getting them anyway... because they're criminals. Gun control cracks down on legal gun owners while the criminals still get what they need. Brandon Perry and his pal are a case in point.
Obama frees drug dealers who were caught with guns and then pretends that drug dealers shooting at each other can only be solved by taking away civil rights from everyone. This is a manufactured crisis.
The Dobson shooting could have been averted if Obama had maintained Federal gun prosecutions at or above Bush administration levels. Instead he chose to go easy on criminals while cracking down on citizens.
You want to really fight gun violence? Stop freeing drug dealers. Stop bringing terrorists to America. Stop hanging out with stars who celebrate this lifestyle. Stop promoting #BlackLivesMatter's pro-crime policies.
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